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Robert Cruikshank
1789-1856
Listons dream!
Published
[London] : Published by G. Humphrey 24 St. James Street, July 1825
etching with aquatint
image: 268 x 370 mm, plate mark: 277 x 375 mm; sheet: 288 x 391 mm
Peel 2213
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Title from caption.
Printed below title: Designed and etched by Robert Cruikshank. / Published by G. Humphrey 24 St. James Street, July 1825.
Four lines of verse printed on either side of title (eight lines total); first line: As Liston lay rapt in delicious repose
Printed below title: Designed and etched by Robert Cruikshank. / Published by G. Humphrey 24 St. James Street, July 1825.
Four lines of verse printed on either side of title (eight lines total); first line: As Liston lay rapt in delicious repose
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Liston starts up in bed, alarmed at Venus who stands upon cloud at the foot of his bed (left). Mrs. Liston, small and doll-like, sleeps beside him. A large crescent moon shines through the window. On an arm-chair by the bed (right) are heaped top-hat, trousers, &c, a volume of Shakespeare, a candle (extinguished), and a glass of grog.
Associated names
Humphrey, G., active approximately 1820, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
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